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Nancy Drew

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Nancy Drew (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 130 Fresh: 63  Rotten:67 Average Rating: 5.4/10
 
Consensus: Lacks excitement, surprise, and compelling secondary characters. Emma Roberts is bubbly and charming as Nancy Drew, the junior detective. But despite her best efforts, Nancy Drew still lacks excitement, surprise, and compelling secondary characters. more
 
Rated: PG
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Theatrical Release: 19-10-2007
Synopsis:
Legendary teenage sleuth Nancy Drew enters the 21st century in this feature film from director Andrew Fleming (NIXON, THE CRAFT). In Nancy's (Emma Roberts) latest mystery, she and her father (Tate Donovan) make a temporary move from rural River Heights to Los Angeles. Determined to make the... [More]
Legendary teenage sleuth Nancy Drew enters the 21st century in this feature film from director Andrew Fleming (NIXON, THE CRAFT). In Nancy's (Emma Roberts) latest mystery, she and her father (Tate Donovan) make a temporary move from rural River Heights to Los Angeles. Determined to make the most of her stay, Nancy has chosen them a rental home with a notorious past: the mysterious death of its owner, starlet Dehlia Draycott, in the early 1980s. The closer Nancy edges towards the truth, the more trouble she encounters from someone who clearly doesn't want the mystery solved. To make matters worse, old-fashioned Nancy doesn't quite fit in with the cool kids--or anyone else--at Hollywood High, except for younger would-be Romeo Corky (Josh Flitter). Screenwriters Fleming and Tiffany Paulsen do not try to make over this beloved character into a modern teen. Instead, they make earnest Nancy simply a girl who likes old-fashioned things: outfits that include penny loafers and coordinated knee socks, headbands, and homemade knee-length dresses; her classic roadster convertible; impeccable manners; and, her housekeeper's homemade baked goods. Roberts--the daughter of Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts--is affable as Nancy. Even Bruce Willis (playing himself in a cameo) can't resist her charms. Rachel Leigh Cook, Barry Bostwick, and Marshall Bell also star as characters whose lives will change significantly if Nancy can solve the mystery, and Max Thieriot plays her smitten hometown boyfriend, Ned Nickerson. This is a fun blast from the past for women who grew up reading Carolyn Keene's classic novels, as well as for young girls who are enjoying THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK or THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE for the first time. [Less]

Genre: Childrens

Starring: Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thierot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan

Director: Andrew Fleming
Screenwriter: Andrew Fleming, Tiffany Paulsen
Producer: Jerry Weintraub

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 3, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Full Frame
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Surround 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurettes - NANCY DREW: KIDS AT WORK: EMMA ROBERTS AND FRIENDS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
  • Gag Reel
  • Music Video - "Pretty Much Amazing" - Joanna

Text/Photo Gallery:

  • Mini-Featurette Gallery - Cool Scenes with The Cast & Crew

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There's something very weird about Andrew Fleming's movie, perhaps because it's essentially The Black Dahlia for tweens, with kissing but without the sex or mutilation.

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10/19/07 09:23 AM
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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Carolyn Keene's straitlaced teen detective gets a modern, ironic makeover, but the irony wobbles and the jokes aren't strong enough to carry it.

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10/19/07 09:06 AM
Robert Hanks
Independent
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For sheer objectionable stupidity and dullness, this film takes the biscuit.

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10/19/07 07:48 AM
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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Chaotic narrative and half-baked ideas.

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10/19/07 07:39 AM
Karl French
Financial Times
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This update on the Nancy Drew saga uses old-fashioned stylings in a modern context to confusing, and none-too-suspenseful effect. It's a non-event that fails to do the much-loved character justice.

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10/19/07 05:36 AM
Anna Smith
Channel 4 Film
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The original books appeal to generations of readers, but this flick's strictly for tweens and slumming homage-spotters.

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10/19/07 04:28 AM
Sam Ashurst
Total Film
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At a time of fine teen comedies such as Mean Girls and Freaky Friday, the real mystery was why this was made at all.

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10/19/07 03:23 AM
Tim Evans
Sky Movies
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That this is just about passable as a divorced parent’s weekend treat is down to Roberts’ charm and the timeless appeal of Nancy herself.

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10/19/07 02:52 AM
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
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10/18/07 03:15 AM
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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The age-old mystery doesn't exactly thrill, but there's humour here and there and a swotty heroine that parents, at least, will approve of.

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10/09/07 03:15 AM
Anna Smith
BBC
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‘Nancy Drew’ still has a televisual feel – more ‘Murder, She Wrote’ than junior ‘Marple’.

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06/30/07 05:56 AM
Anna Smith
Time Out
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A great coming of age girl movie that prioritzes teen personality and brain power over female body appeal.

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03/15/08 12:34 PM
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
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...younger people should find it entertaining, and the spoofing will not be a complete waste for many adults.

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03/12/08 12:34 PM
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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For adults, there are some pleasures to be found here and there, but parents won't be blown away by it the way their daughters will.

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03/05/08 12:22 PM
Mike McGranaghan
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I think a character like Nancy Drew can still work in today's pop culture world, but unfortunately the film doesn't believe in her enough.

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03/03/08 02:09 PM
Jeff Bayer
Daily Herald (IL)
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Sadly bland update of everyone's favorite girl detective series never rises above its Scooby Doo-level plot.

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07/13/07 06:22 AM
Joe Lozito
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t's hard to imagine a better casting choice for the role of the spunky girl detective than (Emma) Roberts, who's transitioned nicely from her television role on Unfabulous to handling lead roles in teen flicks.

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07/03/07 08:56 AM
Kim Voynar
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A refreshing change of pace in today's often mean-spirited marketplace.

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06/30/07 05:56 AM
David N. Butterworth
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It’s one of the few tween movies that isn’t in your face; its limpness becomes appealing.

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06/29/07 03:15 AM
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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Nancy's not nearly different enough from other movie girls. And that makes her look more old than fresh.

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06/24/07 02:45 PM
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
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